Rain has disappeared from the NWS Forecast Discussions for next week, although cool weather will still be present for a couple days next week at least. Meanwhile, most of the snow below 7000 feet melted today, and anything else will be gone by the end of the week due to the heat.

There's still some patches of snow on the Tehachapi foothills around 4000ft. My guess is that the 60mph winds during the storm blew that snow into some pretty big snow drifts. It was over 80F in the area (75F in the foothills) so its not like it wasn't warm enough to melt snow.

Rain is officially out of the forecast for next week as that low won't get any closer than 130W, according to the NWS and computer models. The cooling won't be impressive either, with it now predicted to be a lot milder than previously forecast - only down to balmy mid-70s for the valleys next week. The coasts will be seeing more of a persistent marine layer next week.

Darn was hoping for one last rain event before the summer kicked off. Thanks for the update Beck!

You're welcome!

On a side note - it seems that most of the California posters are losing interest again as the 2011-12 rainy season draws to a disappointing end. This thread was very inactive today and yesterday for the first time since last October. It'll probably be a while (October or beyond) until we see a consistent flow in activity here again.

Also, rain is still possible in May, though not probable. Here are past May precipitation totals for Temecula (since 2001):